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Rashad al-Alimi, the PLC president, paid a several-day work visit to the UAE in mid-November and then similar visits ensued by al-Daeri and Ahmad Arman, the minister of legal affairs of the PLC.
New era of UAE militarism in Yemen
One the main driving factors behind signing the secret d ...
Rashad al-Alimi briefed the British ambassador to Yemen on retaliatory attacks on oil facilities and “the implications of these attacks on the humanitarian and economic situation” in Yemen.
Oppenheim said the UK supports the Saudi-backed government of Yemen, and alleged he co-ordination ...
Rashad al-Alimi, concerning nuclear radiation resulting from toxic waste.
It highlighted that the matter “portends a great environmental disaster due to the impact of Saudi waste that has been and will be buried in desert regions and other areas” in Yemen.
The ministry also pointed to ...
Rashad al-Alimi returned to the south three months after he left Aden to the Saudi capital Riyadh.
Al-Alimi left Aden in May to join in the Arab League Summit held in Saudi Arabia, and since then he has refused to return to Aden, triggering speculations that attributed his refusal to return t ...
Rashad al-Alimi by the the UAE proxies, a new Riyadh-supported militia called National Shield Forces and headed by al-Alimi was formed. These forces are distributed across the country, from the borders of Ansarullah bastion Sa’ada and Al-Jawf in the north to Shabwa and Hadhramut in the east, A ...
Rashad al-Alimi, the council’s head. Learning about the UAE’s lofty ambitions in the south, the Saudis last year formed a militia named National Shield Forces (NSF) of 14,000 men in opposition to the STC and equipped it with modern arms. These forces are reportedly to be distributed in S ...
Rashad al-Alimi who promised to push back the Sana’a-based National Salvation Government's forces from the areas under his control as an escalation of tension within the framework of the American policy. These remarks coincided with the visit of Lieutenant General Derek France, the command ...
Rashad al-Alimi condemned the move. In a statement last Tuesday, he declared that the STC’s actions across the south “undermine the legitimacy of the internationally recognized government” and violate power-sharing agreements.
The PLC as a whole also issued a statement, firmly rej ...
Rashad al-Alimi and Salem Saleh bin Breik, have fled Aden.
Yemen is therefore now caught in a three-way power struggle:
First, the Sana’a-based government, allied with the Yemeni army, which has held effective power in northern Yemen and the capital since 2014. Ansarullah are a key ally of t ...
Rashad al-Alimi, head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, issued a decree ordering the UAE to withdraw all military forces from Yemen within 24 hours and canceling the joint defense agreement. The order directs National Shield Forces to take control of military camps in Hadhramout and ...